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*[http://stampsofindia.com/Host/digitalbookshelf.htm Stamps Of India: Digital Bookshelf]. ''Indian Postal Guide'' 1869-1875,'' Indian Postal Manual'' 1855, 1859, 1873 and ''Indian Post Office Annual Report 1854-1856'' | *[http://stampsofindia.com/Host/digitalbookshelf.htm Stamps Of India: Digital Bookshelf]. ''Indian Postal Guide'' 1869-1875,'' Indian Postal Manual'' 1855, 1859, 1873 and ''Indian Post Office Annual Report 1854-1856'' | ||
*[http://hdl.handle.net/10689/23867 Indian Postal Guide] 1907. [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/handle/10689/23867 Alternative link, same file] | |||
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Post Office of India in the Great War''] edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n11/mode/2up Contents] | *[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Post Office of India in the Great War''] edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n11/mode/2up Contents] | ||
Revision as of 04:36, 23 October 2015
The British Postal Museum & Archive have produce this very informative information sheet on The Postal History of India
Related Articles
- India Postal Establishments 1868 - 1900 indicating where employee records might be found.
- Lists of Civil Engineers and European and East Indian Uncovenanted Servants employed in the Public Works, Military and Postal Departments 1884 -1900
- Post and Telegraphs Department
Gallery
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Post Office Tirimulgherry -
Post Office Simla -
General Post Office Calcutta -
The General Post Office Bombay -
Her Majesty's Mail Boat on the Magna
Military Campaigns histories
The following books are available at the British Library
- History of the Indian Army Postal Service by Edward B. Proud. Volume 1, 1854-1913. Volume 2, 1914-1931. Volume 3 1931-14 August 1947
- A description of Volume 1 states "exceptional compilation of places, postmarks and illustrations for this highly complicated subject"[1]
- Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: Sikkim-Tibet, 1903-1908 by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk
- Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: C.E.F. : the China Expeditionary Force, 1900-1923 by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk
- Indian Army Post Offices in the Second World War by D.S. Virk.
External links
- The British Postal Museum & Archive
- Postage stamps and postal history of India - Wikipedia
- The Postal History of India
- History of Postal Communications in India by Sangeeta Deogawanka
- Robert S. Cragg’s World Postmarks
- India and States Pre-Independence India and Princely States. Sourced from English Names for Indian Places; a Coded Index of Indian Post Offices by Marcus F C Martin, published 1966. Available at the British Library
- Pakistan, Burma
- Sinai & Gaza - Part 3: World War I, British Empire and Allies by Edmund Hall (ESC 239) QC (Quarterly Circular) September Quarter 2012, p156-165. This is a journal/publication of the Egyptian Study Circle, UK (Egyptian Philately)
- Forces Postal History Society: Books in the Library forcespostalhistorysociety.org.uk. Scroll down to India.
Historical books online
- Stamps Of India: Digital Bookshelf. Indian Postal Guide 1869-1875, Indian Postal Manual 1855, 1859, 1873 and Indian Post Office Annual Report 1854-1856
- Indian Postal Guide 1907. Alternative link, same file
- The Post Office of India in the Great War edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org Contents
References